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Recruiters Are Prejudiced
Recruiters Are People I know lots of recruiters. I like lots of recruiters. In fact, maybe I like all the recruiters I know. Recruiters are regular people. And like regular people (yes, that means you too), recruiters are prejudiced. We… Continue reading
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Your Last Minute Isn’t Always Your Best Minute
I’ll Stop Procrastinating. Tomorrow. I used to put things off to the last minute. I told myself it was because I worked better under pressure. That is what you would call a rationalization. We frequently rationalize our negative behaviors. I… Continue reading
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Update Your LinkedIn Profile. Seriously.
Why Do You Need To Fix Your Profile? I had a friend ask me recently if I knew someone to fill three positions that he had open in his department. I was sure that I did. I knew a lot… Continue reading
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Are You Incompetent? Unreliable? Probably.
Competence and reliability and trustworthiness are in the eye of the beholder. You know how hard you work. You know how much you are stretched across many deliverables for many people. You know that you’re doing the best you can… Continue reading
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Brand Schmand. Defining Who You Are.
Branding When you think of Coca Cola what comes to mind? The iconic bottle? The taste? What about Apple? Or Amazon? Or Chanel? If products are well-branded then when you think of them, you think of the product, the name,… Continue reading
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Wanna Be Happy At Work?
We spend an awful lot of time at work to spend our time there unhappy. So, if you’re unhappy at work, you need to do something about it. Years spent unhappily at work are wasted. There are four ways to… Continue reading
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Personal Change Management
Personal Change Management Is More Important Than OCM “Organizational change management” is usually listed on job descriptions as a required skill for executives. Don’t get me wrong, it is a critical job skill. Personal change management is just much more… Continue reading
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Starting a New Job? Hit the Ground Successful!
First Steps to Success in Your New Job The first thing to ask is why they hired you? What do they need you to do? How does that compare with what your predecessor did? You can’t assume that you were… Continue reading
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Get Your Business Started. What Are You Waiting On?
It’s Time to Put Up or Shut Up So you want to start a business. Someday. Someday will come and go and where will your business be? What are you waiting on? You want to get everything set up first?… Continue reading
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Stand Out: Work On Projects
Internal People on Projects When I work as a consultant on big change projects in companies, there are always consultants (outsiders) and business representatives (insiders). The insiders are usually identified as subject matter experts, business leads, and sponsors. Despite what… Continue reading
Jo McDermott 